Means for holding globes or shades in the galleries of electric-light gas, and other fittings.



s. FALK. MEANS FOR HOLDING GLOBES 0R SHADES-IN THE GALLERIES 0F ELECTRIC LIGHT,

GAS, AND OTHER FITTINGS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1909.

958,381. I r PatentedMz zy 17,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SALOMON FALK, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR HOLDING GLOIB ES OR SHADES IN THE GALLERIES OF ELECTRIC-LIGHT,

I GAS, AND OTHERvFlTTINGs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 17, 1910. Application filed May 22,1969. Serial No. 497,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALoMoN FALK, of

the firm of Falk, Stadelmann & ('Jompany of Electric-Li ht, Gas, and other Fittings,

of which the ollowing is a specification. My invention relates to improved means for supporting globes or shades in electric light, gas and other fittings, and to means of the kind wherein a series of pins sliding through cylinders secured to the gallery and containing the said springs is employed, the object of "my invention being to provide means for retaining the said pins or plungers in their outermost position for the purpose of introducing the globe or shade into, or removingit from, the gallery or; other fitting.

According to my invention each spring pin has attached to it, at or near the head, a tongue which is parallelwith the pin-itself and in the gallery adjacent to the cylinder I form a hole or aperturethrough which the tongue can pass.-

To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in-which: Figure 1 1s a sectional elevation'of a gallery for an inverted incandescent gas light, provided with a holding device constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sec-v tion on the line 2'2, 1.

a indicates the gallery proper and'b the pins or plungers for holding the globe in the gallery, which pins or plungers are adapted to slide in the cylinder 0 and carry a spring cl, the tendency of which is to press the pins inward from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2. The plungers b are each provided with a head I) which can be readily grasped by the hand to draw the plungers outwardly. This grasping of the iead is greatly facilitated by the hollow cylinders or cylindrical projections c. It will also be seen that by having the springs lo: cated within said projections c the springs gagement with the globe or shade.

length-as the pins themselves, and f, f are the holes in the gallery into which the said tongues project when the pins are in enhen it is desired to hold the spring pins or plungers in their outermost posltion to admit of introducing the shade or globe, the said pins or plungers are turned so that the tongues are out of coincidence with the holes f, f and-bear'upon the solid portion of the gallery, for instance, as shown. in Fig. 1. VVhen', however, the pins are turned so as to bring the tongues opposite to the said holes, the springs will act in the required serve to guide the plunger in its backward manner to move the said pins or plungers inward.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. A support for a globe or shade com prising a gallery and a series of spring actuated plungers mounted thereon, said plungers being provided with auxiliary tongues adjacent thereto. operating normally through openings in the gallery and adapted to be turned out of alinement with said openings when theplungers are retracted, and to hold said plungers in a retracted position.

2. A support for a globe or shade comprising a gallery and a series of spring actuated plungers mounted thereon, each of said plungers being provided with a head which may be easily grasped by the hand and a tongue extending toward the inner end of said plunger and normally engaging openings in the said gallery whereby the head of the plunger can be grasped to draw the tongue outward through the openings m ,the gallery and turned to cause the tongues to hold the plun er in a retracted position.

3. A support tor. a globe or shade comprising a gallery provided with a series of hollow cylindrical projections, a series of plungers mounted in said Cylindrical prothe plungers can be drawn outwardly and jections, springs for forcing said plungers the tongues turned to retain the p'lungers in inwardly, located within said projections, an outward position.

each of said plungers being provided with SALOMON FALK. a head, which can be readily grasped and a Witnesses: tongue extending inwardly and lying nor- JOHN E. BoUsFmLo,

mally in openings in said gallery, whereby C. G. REDFERN. 

